Knowledge Centre
As a clinical partner, we want to empower you to provide a safer environment for your staff, greater waste segregation outcomes for lower environmental impact, and a more efficient workflow. To do this, we have compiled some of our best resources to help you achieve safety in sharps handling and optimised biomedical waste management within your facility.
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Safety Engineered Devices : Use and Activation in Six Western US Hospitals
Many clinicians use Safety Engineered Devices - but are they always activated properl...
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Exposure Injury Reduction Strategies: Results that Protect Lives
Clinicians were interviewed to identify four common themes that successfully limit ri...
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Sharpsmart: Impact on Life-Cycle Carbon Footprint
The article compares the global warming potential (GWP) of 40 acute NHS Trust hospita...
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Tonnes of Plastic Reduced with Reusable Sharps Containers
A study exploring the volume of plastic that could be reduced through implementation...
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C-Diff Transmission Potential with Sharps Containers
A microbiological study to investigate the carriage and transmission potential of Clo...
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Reusable Sharps Containers: Impact on Infection Risk
This study examined literature and guidelines to determine the microbiological risk o...
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Sharpsmart: 86% Carbon Emissions Reduction
This before/after intervention studies UK hospitals to attain information on the diff...
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Sharpsmart: Size and Location Impact on Sharps Injuries
This 6-year study examined the impact of converting from a small patient room sharps...
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